Published 12:09 am, Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductee Vito Montelli during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building June 29, 2010. Montelli's plaque will hang in the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing. Fellow inductees include Gary Cobb whose plaque will hang in the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing and Amanda Pape who will have a plaque will hang in the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing.

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductee Vito Montelli during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building June 29, 2010. Montelli's plaque will hang in the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductees Gary Cobb and Amanda Pape chat during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building June 29, 2010. Pape's plaque will hang in the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing and Cobb's in the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing. Vito Montelli was also recognized, he will have a plaque in the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing.

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductees Gary Cobb and Amanda Pape chat during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building June 29, 2010. Pape's plaque will hang in the James O'Rourke Amateur

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductee Amanda Pape during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building on Tuesday June 29, 2010. Pape's plaque will hang in the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing. Fellow inductees include Gary Cobb whose plaque will hang in the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing and Vito Montelli who will have a plaque in the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing.

Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame for 2010 inductee Amanda Pape during the ceremony at the UCONN Stamford building on Tuesday June 29, 2010. Pape's plaque will hang in the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing. Fellow

The six people will be honored at the Commission's annual Sports Night on Oct. 18.

Cobb spent six seasons with the Lions, and had stints with the Eagles and Cowboys before retiring in 1989 with 23.5 sacks and 10 interceptions.

"I've been very fortunate, but many of the best things that happened for me took place in youth sports," said Cobb, now a sports talk radio host in Philadelphia. "I think I started to dream when I was 7 and I saw my brother James hit a home run at Scalzi Park (in Stamford). That made me believe that some day I could play."

Pape, 24, a four-time All-FCIAC and All-State selection, holds the city of Stamford scoring record, male or female, with 2,429 points. She then went on to play at SHU, where she set school marks in points (2,045) and several other categories. Pape was selected as the Northeast Conference's Player of the Year in 2006, when she led the Pioneers to a team-record 26 wins, its first NEC title and an NCAA tournament berth.

"This is really exciting," said Pape, who was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame last month. "It is really a great honor to be included with so many great athletes. I never thought I would get all this recognition from playing basketball."

Lione, who passed away in 1999 at the age of 59, won 731 games as a baseball and hockey coach at Trinity Catholic, including four state baseball titles, two in hockey and a combined five FCIAC championships. Lione played on three Stamford youth baseball teams that captured World Series crowns and was part of coaching staffs that won two others.

Montelli, 78, next winter will begin his 48th season as the only coach the Cadets have ever had.

"What I like about this class is that in covers the generations, from someone like Amanda to Vito," said Tom Chiappetta, the FCSC's executive director. "You have three people from a town for the first time, and Vito going in with Clinkscales. That's what's really terrific and makes this more special."